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hey there i'm josh goldman senior editor with CNET and this is a quick look at the TiVo premier elite now what sets the elite apart from the regular premier is that instead of just two tuners the elite has for allowing you with a single multi stream cable card to record up to four programs at once while letting you view a recorded program or stream video from services like Netflix or Hulu Plus now some may not see the need for so many tuners but if you live in a house where several people could be recording things it can definitely save you some headaches plus it means you can pretty much hit record at any time without worrying about conflicts and with two terabytes of storage inside you can record up to 300 hours of HD programming probably its biggest downside though is that it only works with digital cable and Verizon FiOS so there's no support for analog cable in over-the-air antenna satellite or 18:2 u-verse on back you get connections for HDMI component and composite video and optical and analog audio plus an eSATA port for adding additional storage and USB ports for things like TiVo's bluetooth slide remote or a TiVo Wi-Fi dongle that's right the elite even at it's $500 price tag doesn't have built-in Wireless what you do get is Ethernet and built-in MOCA support for networking using your home's coax cables now the rest of the elite is just like the regular premier same excellent interface same selection of streaming and on-demand video services and music services like Pandora and Rhapsody and now the capability to stream from one premiere unit to another on the same network and thanks to a software update recently the whole thing performs much better than it used to but if it's not fast enough for you and you have an iOS or Android device there are free apps that really make using it snappy all in all if you can afford it and its monthly service which starts at $20 a month or $500 for lifetime service it is an excellent DVR I'm Josh Goldman and that's the Tebow Premier elite